Which sits lower, electric bases or manual bases?

[Cv6benplus]

Well, I've compared the two, side by side, and the conclusion.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE

 

[brillomaster]

Good to know. I did always think the electric seats in my e85 sat nice and low. Certainly I didn't feel the need to go any lower, unlike the manual seats in my nb mx5 or the electric seats in my 986 boxster.

 

[enuff_zed]

Well I have to say that my 'seat of the pants' approach always notices that electric don't seem to have the same range of movement as manual ones.

 

[Cv6benplus]

Well I have to say that my 'seat of the pants' approach always notices that electric don't seem to have the same range of movement as manual ones.

But electric is more refined as the electric motors are not subject to notched increments.

 

[enuff_zed]

But electric is more refined as the electric motors are not subject to notched increments.

Each to their own. Handy to have a fully back setting for easy access/egress, but apart from that they seem to be an unnecessary weight addition. IMO.

 

[caius]

The memory function is nice to have when two of you share the car regularly and have different leg lengths. (aka the wife is short.) It wasn't _terrible_ in the manual seats, but it's nicer just hitting a button and getting the seat where you have it.

 

[TriggerFish]

The memory function is nice to have when two of you share the car regularly and have different leg lengths. (aka the wife is short.) It wasn't _terrible_ in the manual seats, but it's nicer just hitting a button and getting the seat where you have it.

You can code it to be memory linked to the keys, too, if you both have your own key... Saves even having to press a button!

 

[enuff_zed]

The memory function is nice to have when two of you share the car regularly and have different leg lengths. (aka the wife is short.) It wasn't _terrible_ in the manual seats, but it's nicer just hitting a button and getting the seat where you have it.

We had one with the same issue for a while. Wife being short found it difficult to get out.
Set it so 1 was me, 2 was her and 3 was fully back.
Whenever either of us got out of the car we hit 3 first, leaving it easier for the next person to get in and then hit their own number.

 

[MrPT]

What's the weight difference?

 

[enuff_zed]

What's the weight difference?

It's more the 'wait' difference.
By the time the electric seats sort themselves out you could be two miles up the road.

 

[Cv6benplus]

What's the weight difference?

Electric are heavier. I've already fitted bases to the electric mechanisms and I'm not taking them off. I will have another naked electric base to play with in the near future so if I remember I'll update this thread.

 

[MrPT]

It'd be handy, in the spirit of conclusive data, as I think the difference it a lot less than people expect. Maybe a kg per side.

Stupidly, I've had the opportunity to do this a couple of times and forgotten.

 

[enuff_zed]

I think there are four motors on each seat?
And I assume the mechanism is more weighty too?

 

[buzyg]

Interesting to see the seat belt tensioner. Always wondered how that worked. Now I know.

 

[MrPT]

I think there are four motors on each seat?
And I assume the mechanism is more weighty too?

Yeah, electric has those four motors plus little reducer gearboxes vs. the manual with torsion springs, metal levers/ratchets and the slider locking mechanisms. It has to be more than a kg if each motor alone is 460g though, you're right.